This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

Because there's no place like home.

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.